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Afghan Forces Take Afghanistan Security Lead (VIDEO)
Afghan forces have taken over the security lead in Afghanistan, following an official handover from the US-led NATO coalition on Tuesday. (June 18)
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U.S. To Relaunch Peace Talks With Taliban
Source: Karen DeYoung / The Washington Post After more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, and nearly three years of sputtering and unsuccessful attempts at talks, the United States will open formal...
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Nelson Mandela Now In Critical Condition, But South Africa Gov’t Remains...
Source: AP / CBS News JOHANNESBURG – Nelson Mandela’s health has deteriorated and he is now in critical condition, the South African government said Sunday. President Jacob Zuma visited the 94-year-old...
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Mandela Still In Critical Condition
Source: Christopher Torchia / AP / ABC News South Africa’s president on Tuesday urged his compatriots to show their appreciation for Nelson Mandela, who is in critical condition in a hospital, by...
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Report: Mandela On Life Support
Source: News 24 Johannesburg – Former president Nelson Mandela is believed to be on life support as he remains in a critical condition in a Pretoria hospital, according to a report on Wednesday. The...
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Tributes Pour In For Mandela (PHOTOS)
Source: News24.com Lebani Sirinje, a Zimbabwean artist paints a portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela, outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where is being treated in Pretoria,...
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Rare Visit Underscores Tangles In Obama’s Ties To Africa
Source: Michael D. Shear, Nicholas Kulish and Lydia Polgreen / The New York Times DAKAR, Senegal — As a freshman senator from Illinois, Barack Obama told a packed auditorium in Kenya’s capital, “I want...
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Nelson Mandela’s Family Summoned To Hospital
Source: AP / CBS News JOHANNESBURG – Four of Nelson Mandela’s grandchildren carried bouquets of flowers Thursday into the Pretoria hospital where the ailing statesman has been for 20 days, and where he...
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President Obama: ‘Not Scrambling Jets’ For NSA Leaker Edward Snowden
Source: Jennifer Lazuta / USA Today DAKAR, Senegal — Posters plastered with President Obama’s smiling face and U.S. flags flapping in the warm ocean breeze lined the main routes into Senegal’s capital...
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South Africa: Mandela Improved Overnight (VIDEO)
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source: Christopher Torchia / AP / ABC News The office of the South African president says Nelson Mandela’s health improved overnight, and his...
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Mandela Family In Court Battle Over Graves
Source: Robyn Dixon / Los Angeles Times JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — As Nelson Mandela‘s poor health continued to sadden South Africans and inspire memories of his greatness, a grubby court battle...
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President Obama Meets Mandela’s Family In South Africa
Source: Zaheer Cassim / USA Today PRETORIA, South Africa – President Obama met privately Saturday with relatives of former South African president Nelson Mandela, the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon...
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After Military Takeover, Little-Known Judge Named Interim President Of Egypt
Source: Abigail Hauslohner, William Booth and Sharaf al-Hourani / The Washington Post CAIRO —A virtually unknown judge was named interim president of Egypt on Thursday following the...
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Mandela Children Reburied At Gravesite
Source: Jason Straziuso / AP / ABC News The remains of Nelson Mandela’s three deceased children were reburied at their original resting site on Thursday, a day after a court ordered their return two...
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Edward Snowden Offered Asylum In Bolivia By President Evo Morales
Source: AP / CBS News LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – NSA leaker Edward Snowden has yet another place to go, if only he can get there. Bolivian President Evo Morales says Snowden is welcome in his country. He said...
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At Least 51 Killed In Egyptian Clashes
Source: Sarah Lynch / USA Today CAIRO — At least 51 people were killed and more than 300 injured when Egyptian soldiers and police clashed with Islamists early Monday at a sit-in by supporters of...
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40 Still Missing In Deadly Canada Oil Train Explosion
Source: AP / USA Today LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — A Quebec town devastated when a runaway oil tanker train exploded killing at least five people braced for a rising death toll Monday as fire crews tried to...
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Russian Official: Snowden Accepts Venezuelan Offer
Source: AP / Yahoo! News MOSCOW — NSA leaker Edward Snowden accepted Venezuela’s offer of political asylum, according to a posting Tuesday on the Twitter account of a Russian lawmaker with close ties...
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Nelson Mandela “Responding To Treatment,” South African President Says
Source: AP / CBS News JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s president says Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment, though the 94-year-old’s condition remains critical but stable after more than a month in...
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US Begins Flying Deportees To Mexico City
Source: AP / Yahoo! News MEXICO CITY — U.S. immigration authorities began flying deportees deep into Mexico Thursday in an effort to discourage them from trying to return, U.S. and Mexican officials...
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